38-55 ammo

[Old Savage]

Not sure what these would be worth in today’s market. Seemed reasonable 7 years ago. Top box are 30-30s.

[4t5]

multiply by 4 should get you close .

[Old No7]

Based on what I've seeing, I'd say multiply by 2.5X.

But I expect to get the LGD (Leverguns Forum Discount) when you sell -- and I'll gladly give you a 50% profit over the marked price.

Old No7

[FLINT]

2.5x is way too low.

4x is close. I think 5x is possible.

people are crazy. prices are sky high but people are still paying them.

[Sixgun]

Fred,
Very collectible…….check out internet prices and take maybe 20% off ….

Off the top of my head I’d say $60-$80 a box……..remember, today $100 buys what $80 did last year……if every business out there can raise prices, so can we. ……it’s called inflation and it was Bidens and Obama s way of “spreading the wealth” by printing money and giving it to people who don’t like to work.

[Trailboss]

Not sure what these would be worth in today’s market. Seemed reasonable 7 years ago. Top box are 30-30s.

I have a few boxes of those from the same period and price range. Never felt a need to shoot em. Rather I reload using my own cast lead, resized 30-30 range pickup brass, primers that I paid $15/thousand and powder from the same period. These was a good savings in reloading when the factory prices were $16-$20/box, but now I couldn't afford to shoot if I didn't reload.

[Old Savage]

That is what I have done. I have both 375 and 38-55 brass.

[Old Savage]

Fred,
Very collectible…….check out internet prices and take maybe 20% off ….

Off the top of my head I’d say $60-$80 a box……..remember, today $100 buys what $80 did last year……if every business out there can raise prices, so can we. ……it’s called inflation and it was Bidens and Obama s way of “spreading the wealth” by printing money and giving it to people who don’t like to work.

I believe you are right on all counts here.

[Sixgun]

Fred,
Very collectible…….check out internet prices and take maybe 20% off ….

Off the top of my head I’d say $60-$80 a box……..remember, today $100 buys what $80 did last year……if every business out there can raise prices, so can we. ……it’s called inflation and it was Bidens and Obama s way of “spreading the wealth” by printing money and giving it to people who don’t like to work.

I believe you are right on all counts here.

Fred,
I’m ALWAYS right……...thank you for exposing the truth…….. . Common sense dear Watson, common sense….

[COSteve]

Best price I could find on line for Winchester Super X 38-55 Win 255gr Power Point 20rd Box was for $6.00/rd ($119.98 box)!!!!!!

https://www.308ammo.com/WINCHESTER-38-5 ... aid=as0005

[Griff]

Probably not worth as much as these... Six full boxes and two empty boxes... All in like new condition. See: https://www.gunbroker.com/item/983953824

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Here's some of what's being asked for .38-55: https://www.gunbroker.com/All/search?Ke ... mo&Sort=13

[Turdyturdy]

Shooting the old legacy calibers is only going to get more expensive. I just paid $102 for 2 boxes of new production Remington 32 Special. Had not seen any of that in North Western Vermont in 2 years. Back then I paid $26 a box.

[Sixgun]

And THAT is the reason many of us have moulds, lead and other assorted equipment…….I think nothing of shooting several hundred rounds of 40-60 Marlin, 40-82 Win., 45-90, and on and on…..

A wise man would learn to cast and stock on supplies in this volatile times.

As the old saying goes, “it’s better to have it and not need it than it is to need it and not have it.”

[Griff]

And THAT is the reason many of us have moulds, lead and other assorted equipment…….I think nothing of shooting several hundred rounds of 40-60 Marlin, 40-82 Win., 45-90, and on and on…..
A wise man would learn to cast and stock on supplies in this volatile times.
As the old saying goes, “it’s better to have it and not need it than it is to need it and not have it.”

I still buy a lot of projectiles, saving my meager stash of lead for when that is no longer an option. I wish I had more pure lead tho'...

[Turdyturdy]

Griff, the Vermont legislature is in the process of passing legislation eliminating lead projectiles for all hunting . I tried some of the monolithic bullets we will have to use in my Browning A-Bolt 308 and the bullets tumbled. I bet our old Winchesters won’t like them either.

[Griff]

Griff, the Vermont legislature is in the process of passing legislation eliminating lead projectiles for all hunting . I tried some of the monolithic bullets we will have to use in my Browning A-Bolt 308 and the bullets tumbled. I bet our old Winchesters won’t like them either.

I can for sure say that my Hawken won't adapt well to such silliness.

[Sixgun]

]I can for sure say that my Hawken won't adapt well to such silliness.

Griff,
Is that a real original Hawken????????!!!!??? Ya think Jeremiah Johnson used it? Man! You get all the cool stuff!—-006

[Griff]

]I can for sure say that my Hawken won't adapt well to such silliness.

Griff,
Is that a real original Hawken????????!!!!??? Ya think Jeremiah Johnson used it? Man! You get all the cool stuff!—-006

Close... I got it back in the early days of my shooting, around, in the late 1970's... Some outfit named Aldo Uberti, maker...

[COSteve]

And THAT is the reason many of us have moulds, lead and other assorted equipment…….I think nothing of shooting several hundred rounds of 40-60 Marlin, 40-82 Win., 45-90, and on and on…..

A wise man would learn to cast and stock on supplies in this volatile times.

As the old saying goes, “it’s better to have it and not need it than it is to need it and not have it.”

It's not just the legacy calibers. Those of us who are handloading and have had a decent stock of say, .357mag, 40s&w, 10mm, 45acp or 45 Colt components are still shooting good ammo for at or near single digits per rd. Also, my stock of components for 30-30, .308 and 30-06 still let me shoot for under a quarter per rd as well. Heck, I've still got components for 1,800rds of 55grn 5.56 NATO which will cost me a mere 8.1 cents per round.